Posted on 11/29/2011 1:09:49 PM PST by Libloather
Students occupy UCSC academic building overnight, plan next steps
Updated: Nov 29, 2011 2:29 PM EST
By Matt de Nesnera
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- About 50 students spent the night sleeping in cubicles or on the floor of an academic building at the University of California Santa Cruz as part of a protest against rising tuition costs and university police, but they could be preparing to leave.
Monday, students responded to a call from the Occupy University of California Davis movement for a strike across the 10-campus University of California system. Demonstrators prevented the roughly 100 staff members from entering the Hahn Student Services building, and then moved their protest indoors. Students said they chose the hall because it is the symbolic heart of the school administration.
Protesters said they were convening at 9:00 Tuesday morning to determine their next steps.
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Late Monday night, UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal and Campus Provost Alison Galloway wrote an email to the campus community informing students, faculty and staff about the protest.
"We both support free speech rights and are concerned about tuition increases and other impacts of never-ending state budget cuts to UC. But we cannot support a protest that deprives all of our students of essential services," they wrote.
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Please, just start cracking heads...
Ah, my alma mater, just as barmy then as it is today.
That is one “big business” where we should support the protesters. They have correctly identified one of the problems. However, the “remedy” is not more money for higher education, but, instead, refocusing to force them to educate rather than building expensive fiefdoms.
they should pay their fair share of tuition costs, not ask the taxpayers to pony up more
The should suspend operations at the occupied UC schools for this term. INC grades for all. If they want to use their loan (or daddy’s) money for things other than an education go ahead. Send the staff home and save money.
81% tuition increase over four years? Oi vey!
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